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SUBMITTER: Tao R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7227016 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tao Ran R McHale Glen G Reboud Julien J Cooper Jonathan M JM Torun Hamdi H Luo JingTing J Luo Jikui J Yang Xin X Zhou Jian J Canyelles-Pericas Pep P Wu Qiang Q Fu Yongqing Y
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The ability to actuate liquids remains a fundamental challenge in smart microsystems, such as those for soft robotics, where devices often need to conform to either natural or three-dimensional solid shapes, in various orientations. Here, we propose a hierarchical nanotexturing of piezoelectric films as active microfluidic actuators, exploiting a unique combination of both topographical and chemical properties on flexible surfaces, while also introducing design concepts of shear hydrophobicity a ...[more]